Dear Is Mise,

This may help:

http://www.navyjack.info/history.html

That link omitted to mention that the US Union Jack, which they are right to say is the canton of the national flag, is only flown in US waters. The hours I gave before.

The answer for Is Mise is tradition. In this case the canton of the national flag, a practice inherited from the UK. The British in turn took their ships flag tradition from the Romans.

@579, Monday, 16 June 2014 3:39:29 PM
Good for you and a very pretty flag it is with lots of tradition.
I removed our (land-based) flag pole when we sub-divided and gave it someone who admired its timber and worksmanship. It flew the Australian National Flag.

When I bought my boat it was flying the Blue Ensign but now flies the Red Ensign. Some here might know why.

I should also have asked if any might know why I removed the pole from the transom and held the flag pole horizontal when a navy ship passed when we were 'outside' recently.

OTB,

Did a sailor go for'ard and dip the Jack, and if he did, did he give you a well known salute when out of sight of the bridge?

Is Mise,

Your sailor has a lot to learn.

Friday 13th has come and gone again. While in light spirits, did you ever come across the solution (and its aftermath) that the British employed to overcome the reluctance of sailors to set out to sea on a Friday?

I think that Dave Allen recounted the sad story of HMS Friday (keel laid on a Friday) and Captain James Friday, back in the Seventies. An Irishman would know, I think you would agree.

OTB,

Dave Allen not withstanding, the HMS "Friday" story is, unfortunately, a myth.